Pistoleer Archive
Thread: PvE? pistol or carb?
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weaponmaster88
Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:07 am
#2
hey everyone, i'm a big PvE person and i was wondering which profession would be better for PvE. if i went with pistols i'd do the all pistol template, would that be better then master carbineer at PvE? thanks for your input.
RenKesson
Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:24 am
#3
I honestly think Carbs, if you're buffed most of the time. Carbs has ranged KDs, States up and down the scale, posture-downs, bleeds, and really nice damage. You will never cap speed with Master Carbineer alone (for that you need BH Carbs as well), but your damage-per-shot will be higher than a Pistoleer's, and your damage-per-second may also be higher as well, depending on your weapon.
Basically, with Carbineer you're a crowd-control master. KDs, Dizzy effects, and several specials with exceptionally high damage multipliers (BurstShot2, CripplingShot, FullAutoSingle2) make you very effective at limiting your opponents' ability to do damage.
PercyBlackdragon
Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:26 am
#4
Agreed, for PvE carbs are better. Better damage, higher AP guns and state effect shots help as well.
RenKesson
Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:29 am
#5
Just remember that if you're unbuffed, Carbineer specials, as you well know, will drop your HAM faster than a rock. Your normal-fire (no specials) DPS is higher than a Pistoleer's by far, so that's an option, and you can use your Specials more tactically, rather than just spam them, like a Pistoleer spams his.
PercyBlackdragon
Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:40 am
#6
Yes, carbineer is a "pick your special" profession not a spamming one like pistoleer. Probably because they have so many more to choose from.
RenKesson
Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:41 am
#7
That's also true, Percy. Prolly one of the THE most versatile combat profs in the game. They have their weaknesses, but let no one tell you that Carbineers are useless.
PercyBlackdragon
Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:44 am
#8
They used to be, but I'ven shot by enough now to know that they are far from it.
Knightcrest
Sat Dec 18, 2004 8:30 pm
#9
What everyone said above seems 100% correct to me. I occasionally miss my carbines. The main reason I left carbineer was the choice of damage types. A carbineer is limited to acid, heat, and energy where a pistoleer can deal out kinetic and stun on top of the same damage types as a carbineer. There are some mobs in PvE that a carbineer cannot even damage and are a bit too tough to even get states to land so there is no point in even firing your weapon. That frustration led to my dropping of the prof as it is just not fun to wear out your weapon firing on a mob that has 100% to all of your damage types and be so high of a level that you can't even get the states to stick on them. Other than this I loved carbineer, but still am partial to my pistols.
DrendalKahn
Sat Dec 18, 2004 9:28 pm
#10
PercyBlackdragon wrote:
They used to be, but I'ven shot by enough now to know that they are far from it.
Lol me too. A smart carbineer is deadly in PvP. (Keyword: smart. 
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I'd actually try a mix of Carbineer/BH/Pistoleer, but that's just me. It's fun to stack health DoTs and set things on fire as they lie kd/dizzied, lol. I'm still working out a template like that on one of my characters, and having a total blast.
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